Garment hanger



Oct. 19, 1937. F. w. PRESTON I 2,096,197

GARMENT HANGER I Filed Jan. 26, 1937 a, INVENTOR,

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ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 19, 1937 i 2,096,197

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE x GARMENT HANGER Frank W. Preston, Paterson, N. J. Application January 26, 1937', Serial No. 122,377

' 7 Claims. (01. 139-384) This invention relates to fabric garment atcrossed; as at x, as by lifting those-of the warp 4,- tachments adapted 'to serve the double purpose this being accomplished so that the fell of such of a label and a hanger; for instance, see my thus far Woven portion of Strip 6 abuts the warp Patent No. 2,008,294 in which a hanger band is I and coincides as nearly as possible with that of disclosed as connected at its .ends in the process the thus far woven portion of strip 3. The weav- 5 of weaving with a body which may afford the ing of each strip is now continued, beginning in label, the connection between them being such as each case as close as possible to the line of crossto provide a firm anchorage of, each end of the ing the threads of the two warps. Having again band with said body; continued the weaving, a required length of each 10 By the present invention I seek to simplify of the two warps, forward of the thus far woven 10 the weaving process and obtain ananchorage or por i n f the ips, h w rp r a ain oss connection between each end of the band and as at y, as by depressing the threads of warp 4, the body as strong if not. considerably stronger this being accomplished so that the fell of the than that first above referred to, and also to thus far woven strip 6 abuts the warp l and coinprovide for the weaving in of some device, as letcides as nearly as' possible with that of the thus 15 tering, for example, in the band itself. far woven strip 3. The weaving then continues In the drawing, all as before wherefore the resulting product is Fig. 1 is a plan View of a garment attachment a woven strip, as which in efiect i5 penetrated embodying the present invention; by the woven strip- 6, and in fact is penetrated Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary View of what by the W p threads Of the latter p. at 20 is shown in Fig. 1, certain threads which go to tervals and hence alternately in pp s direcform the inscriptionor other device being shown tions; eac Segment of Strip 5 at its ends extending into the 'band itself; abuts strip 3 and is further anchored thereto by Fig. 3 is a magnified longitudinal diagrammatic the respective adjoining segments 6b at the back section illustrating how the attachment is formed face of strip 3. Of course the warp threads 4 25 in weaving; where they penetrate the body intermesh or al- Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic edge view of a strip of ternate with threads thereof, here its threads I.

woven material from which the attachments are e Segments are to formrthe hanger-bands.

to'be severed, and between the mentioned ends of each such Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective Seg e it s u a a 0 Strip Each 30 view showing how the web which includes the ment 6b may be likewise unattached to strip 3' hanger-band is in the weaving made to i t between its ends, but to afford a still firmer anpartly at the front and partly at the back face h rase f r the m n B certain of h w n.

of the'attachment; and threadsin segment 6b, as the selvage threads, Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic section on line 66, may be nt rw n w t th w t ads p 35 Fig, 2, 3, and where it is such selvagethreads that are Referring, first, to Figs.- 3 and 4: In a weaving so treated the two strips-would combine to form process the threads of a warp I are interlaced a tubular portion, as at I, Fig. 6. with weft, as 2, to form a woven strip 3. Also In pra the segments 6 m y be f rmed the threads of another warp 4 are interlaced considerably ShOItGI' than segments 60,. When 40 with weft, as 5, to form a woven strip 6 of less h Weaving is completed the material may b width than the strip 3. Both weaves may be of severed, as on the cut-lines 8, thus to produce any t pe, as plain taffeta, a number of the attachments (Fig. 1) each com- Strip 6 in effect penetrates the strip 3 at interpri ing a W v n y being a portion of s rip 3. 5 vals, or has segments 6a thereof at what ma be n a W v n strip, in a portion f rip 6, termed the front face alternating with segments whose longitudinal threads penetrate the body on EU at the back face of strip 3. In the Weaving lines extending tra y of 811011 Strip nd this is accomplished as follows: spaced from each other and which strip includes Assuming the weaving to be proceeding from a woven web, to form the hanger-band b, at left to right in the drawing, it starts with that one face of and being free of said b dy from one 50 of one effected above that of the other strip and, to the other of such lines and which also init will be further here assumed, with the weaving lud wov n W as a 6 at the ther face of strip 6 below that of strip 3. Having woven of said body and respectively adjacent to said each strip to a required length their warp threads lines. 5 forward of their thus far woven portions are If the hanger-ba d a its end margins p "Wardly, or so that each forms an'acute angle of strip26. 7 Hence, to distribute thestrainbn all 7 the threads of such warp the end margins of the hanger-band are arranged to converge upwith thelower margin of the hanger-band, as at 9 9a. This is accomplished inthe weaving as flloWs:'

7 Instead of crossing all at once; at :1: or 21, the

warp threads 4 with respect to those I the cross-'1: ing'is effected'progressively, thus: As to what is V ing some of the component threads thereof in-' tobe the endmargin 9 of a hanger-band, progressively from the lower margin of warp i um,-

and as to what is tube the end margin 9a, progressively from the upper marginof warpldown; it being {understood that on each stepof such progression constituted by a crossing of a warp" thread or threads 4with respectto those Ia shot of weftis effected to anchor onisuch step only such'thread or threads. Thus'the end margins of the hanger-band willstand anchored along lines which are diagonal and: converge upwardly. To provide for conspicuous lettering, orna-' mentalifigures'or other devices in' the hangerband' figure warp threads in, say of a distinguishing color, are employed as follows: 'This warp I0 is maintained between the warp I and 7 so much of the warp 4231818170 form a segment" 6b until such segment is completed by thefcro'ssing at'zr, whereupon, and except as willlater ape pear, warpil0 is maintained between warp. I and theportion of warp'4 which isto'form a s'eg4 ment fiafuntil such segment ,isioompleted by the crossing at yl'whereupon Warp I0 is again maintained between warp I" and so much of warp 4 asis to-form. the next segment 6b; and so on.

The notedv exception is where threads of warp.

III are raised above the portions of warp 4 which are to form the segment 6a so as to be caught I by the weft Vof'such'segment; as at Illa, thus to V 45'" V o ,o

' Ill-showingat theffront face of the attachment at each crossing a: and'y this figure warp crossesform' the 'devices'c, as lettering, on the front face of the'hanger band. To prevent the warp threads the body -warp:l in 'both instances, as'atz between the crossings a': and y.= o

An advantage of the diagonal 'relation of either" line 9, 9a'with resp'ect tothe warp 4, is that any blemish, incident, perhaps, to failure of filling or weft, is'not; as apparent as it would .be if such 7 line-were perpendicular to suchgwarp, .since in the latter "case; the failure: would show for the;

full idth of the warp 4;

Having thus fully described my invention what. 7 'I claim is: '7 V 1.7 A garment attachment comprising a fwoven body and a Woven strip, the body being of greaten f with threads thereof on spaced lines extending transversely of the strip and said strip including a w'o ven web at one face of and being free of said body from one to the other of such lines and also including woven webs at the other face ;of said bodyr and respectively adjacent to-said lines.

'2. The garment attachment set forth in claim [characterized by the second-named webs hav-' terwoven-with threads of the body. I

3. The garment attachmentset forth in claim 1' characterized byfsaid lines; converging.

i 4. Agarment attachment comprising a woven body and a woven hanger-band in face to face relation to ';said body, said hanger-band being attached to said bodyon and being free thereof between converging lines extending transversely of'the hanger-band. V 5 I 5. A garment attachment including, with'a.

' woven; body ,and-astrip: of warp in face to face relation to ,each' other, said strip having its 7 threads intermeshinglat both ends'thereof with threads .of the body and said ends anchored to the body andsaid strip being detached from the body fromlone to the other of lines transverse of r the strip and'one of which is diagonal thereto, weftinterwoven with the threads in the thus detached portion of the strip and forming therewith a hanger-band.

6. Arfabric article including a woven. body and a woven strip, the strip having" longitudinal threads penetrating'the body on lines extending transversely of :the stripv and spaced apart and 7 said strip including a woven webat one face of.

and beingfree of said body from one to the other} of ,such lines and also including woven webs at the other face of said body andrespectively adjacent to said lines, in combination with figure threads extending-betw'eensaid bodynand one of the last twowebs; thenthrough saidbody and between the same and the. first-named'web}',ai1d then through said'body and betweenthe same .and the other of said last two webs and'having portions thereof interwoven with the threads of the first-named web to forms figure in such;

be- H 7' -;'7; .The article set forth in' claim. 6 characterized by said figure: threads extending through said body in both instances between said'lines.

1 W.,.PRES1TON. 

